Very responsive, easily understood, available when needed. This has made a big difference in the success of our use of Bright Idea.

The tool allow to manage complex innovation program both involving employees and external actors such as start-ups etc. It is extremely flexible and it scales with the ambition of any innovation team.

Speed of being able to spin up new sites is fantastic - if you're not looking to customise much it's quite simple to get a professional looking site up quickly.

BrightIdea is a great software for innovation and collaboration.

The customisability of the product. Some features are quite rigid and hard to customise.

Very user-friendly and graphically pleasing- good customization options. Best product and license structure for the price especially compared to Hype and Spigit.

Ease of implementation, support, single sign on (SSO) integration.

Great training sessions, flexible to our needs and great customer support. Only great things to say about this company.

Amazing API library that allows both to integrate new functionalities as well as other third party systems.

Truth be told: I do hate it's chat mechanism. All the users, the team and I just can't get it, so we communicate via email.

Bright idea is extremely intuitive and easy to setup. We use it for multiple use cases.

We were able to save tens of millions of dollars in cost avoidance due to the creative and impactful ideas that were submitted by employees all around the company.

There are too many widgets and options to configure. Lack of templates slows the configuration process down.

Easy to setup and use, ability to push innovation not only with your team, but also with external comunities.

Finally, Customer Service. The team is outstanding.

Brightideas offered an incredibly rich and robust platform that allowed our Innovation Team to create a method for our employees to share their ideas to management.

Otherwise, the Brightidea team has been able to solve any other problems that came up.

The technology is feature rich, easy to use and reliable.

IdeaScale meets all my agency needs in fostering a culture of innovation. We enjoy the ease of use, features, and the wonderful customer service.

IdeaScale is easy to use and intuitive for users even if they have not used it before so caters to all levels of ability to use technology.

The scalability of this product is immense and we are just scratching the service on how it can impact our organization. It’s been an awesome team to work with so far.

The IdeaScale team are very helpful and assist with queries and suggestions for enhancement or improvement.

Ideascale is a great first step to building a strong crowdsourcing program. It's incredibly user-friendly, the site is easy to design, and it's a one-step process for new members to join.

Another platform is hard to get users to embrace... the government buys a lot of them. They die ignoble deaths.

Their network of users is amazing for collaborating and helping each other. Great community all around.

No channel to submit/capture unsolicited ideas.

IdeaScale is also constantly evolving to provide an even better user experience.

Intuitive for front end user with ability to customise look and feel.

Understanding that some are hesitant to try “new things,” my team had to be diligent in our quest to use this platform for ideation.

The staff including sales,  support and others we responsive, talented and passionate about the product, their individual craft and providing great customer service.

Looks like it’s very customizable. Looking forward to use the appropriate features for our organization.

I have attended a promising demo from [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] who did a comprehensive job. My goal is to imagine our organizational rollout.

The IdeaScale team has awesome customer service and support, it is always timely, accurate and courteous.

This is a great resource to manage all innovation approaches in our organization.

I like the ease of use for myself as a moderator and the end uaers.

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Brightidea is a cloud-based innovation management solution designed for midsize and large companies. It offers communication tools and suggestion management. Android and iOS apps are also available.


Brightidea features discussion management, which provides users with a collaboration platform to share and comment on ideas. Users can also view comments based on teams, topics and ideas on a physical map.


Users to create microsites focused on specific issues or challenges. A scoring mechanism allows users to evaluate solutions based on their feasibility and cost-effectiveness. Brightidea also offers a portal that enables users to submit business proposals as part of a team or individually. Managers can then score these ideas and decide on approval of funds. It also enables users to compare projected and actual financial impacts after completion.



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With over 4.5M participants and 3.6M active campaigns, IdeaScale is a leading idea and innovation management software. We empower organizations to crowdsource ideas from their complete business ecosystem, aided by advanced analytics, powerful integrations, and AI-assistance. Users can evaluate, develop, prioritize, experiment, and ultimately implement the best ideas in a transparent and streamlined environment across the entire organization globally.

Key features of IdeaScale include strategic planning, email and notification tools, idea submission, campaign management, gamification, voting and commenting, idea refinement and assessment, group moderation, advanced reporting and analytics, proposal funding and more. It also helps manage ideas in compliance with Section 508 concerning privacy, security and accessibility of information.

IdeaScale integrates with leading project management, social media and collaboration tools on the market. Additionally, it also offers its APIs to connect with your in-house tools and applications.

IdeaScale is trusted leading federal and government agencies, prestigious academic institutions, and cutting-edge private enterprises, including some trailblazing names in the innovation scene such as The White House, NASA, McKinsey & Co, IKEA, Ford, Target, and Pfizer.

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IdeaScale offers several tiers of licensing starting at $4999 annually for an SMB license. There is also a free trial option that allows access to small groups of innovators.

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